Fredericton man faces four firearms charges
Benjamin Robert Hayden, 30, accused of having shotgun with defaced serial number
A Fredericton man accused of firearms offences - including possessing a shotgun with a defaced serial number - will return to court next month to enter pleas.
Benjamin Robert Hayden, 30, of Canada Street, appeared in Fredericton provincial court Monday with defence counsel Spencer MacInnis to face four charges all alleging illegal possession of firearms.
He’s accused of possessing a Cooey 12-gague shotgun knowing its serial number had been defaced, possessing a prohibited weapon - a Chippa X-Caliber 12-gauge shotgun - without a licence, possessing the Chippa shotgun as a non-restricted firearm without a licence and storing the Chippa shotgun carelessly.
The charges all allege July 4 events in Fredericton.
MacInnis told the court she hadn’t received disclosure of the Crown file yet and asked for election of mode of trial and pleas be adjourned.
Judge Scott Brittain set the case over to Dec. 18.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.
The system is flawed. Too many are released on conditions and continue on a criminal path with no respect for laws. Crime is rampant in this city and everywhere and getting worse every day. You of all people surely must see it and the lack of consequences for those who participate in criminal activity of any kind.
Draw the line with the ones who go right back out and resume their criminal activity.